The National Naval Museum (Toulon)

Enjoy a guided boat tour of “Europe’s finest bay” (Vauban) and discover Toulon’s military port, also France’s largest naval base.Relive the city’s maritime history at the National Naval Museum (Musée National de la Marine).

La route du sel (Hyères)

Closed to motorised traffic from November to April. Located on the western slope of the Giens peninsula's double tombolo, this walk allows you to find out more about bird fauna living in the salt marshes.

Monastery of the Verne (Collobrière)

Pierre Isnard, bishop of Toulon and Frédol d´Anduse, bishop of Fréjus, founded the Chartreuse in 1170. It was constructed on the site of an abandoned priory with the name of Our Lady of the Verne. A the time of the Carthusian monks, the line dividing the two dioceses passed in the middle of the church and cloister, in the sense North-South.

Citadel of Saint-Tropez - Museum of Maritime History (Saint-Tropez)

The Citadel has crowned the town for 400 years. In 1602, the king’s engineer, Raymond de Bonnefons, who was in charge of the fortification of Provence, undertook the construction of a massive defensive tower on the “hill of mills”.

Abbey of Thoronet (Le Thoronet)

The "jewel" of Cistercian abbeys. Built between 1160 and 1230, Le Thoronet Abbey, together with Silvacane and Sénanque, is one of three Cistercian abbeys in Provence. In danger of falling into disrepair after the French Revolution, restoration work began on this masterpiece in 1841.

Matisse Museum (Nice)

In a fully renovated Genoese villa set in the olive grove in the Cimiez Gardens, this single-artist museum follows the artistic development of the painter who lived in Nice from 1917 to his death in 1954.

Marc Chagall National Museum (Nice)

The Nice national Marc Chagall museum, was created by the artist's will to bring together in one purpose-built place his most important biblical works : the 17 paintings which make up the Biblical Message.

Jules Cheret Fine Arts Museum (Nice)

Villa & jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat)

The villa is surrounded by nine magnificent themed gardens, where visitors can discover, as they walk around, a typical French garden, the luxurious vegetation of Spanish and Florentine gardens, the richness of the rose garden, the rare essences of the exotic garden or the archaeological remains of the lapidary garden…

Escapade Take a Stroll Along Cap Ferrat (Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat)

Even if, from first glance, the sky-blue coast line seems somewhat inaccessible due to the all the property development going on, it nonetheless offers some great opportunties for beautiful walks, paddling and being surrounded by luxurious flora.

E.1027 House (Roquebrune-Cap-Martin)

Celebrated Irish designer Eileen Gray built her seaside villa E.1027 between 1926 and 1929 with the help of architect Jean Badovici, as an expression of modernism in architecture. She also designed all of its ingenious furniture.